In a sentence
Six example sentences with ethics, each labelled with its topic.
Her ethics would not let her sign the discharge form while the patient still had nowhere safe to sleep.
Medicine
He argued that ethics, not fear of punishment, is what keeps most people honest when nobody is watching.
Philosophy
Her ethics cost the firm a large contract, because she would not certify timber whose origin nobody could trace.
Business
His ethics would not let him take the case, since the client wanted witnesses coached rather than prepared.
Law
The founder's ethics stopped her from selling user data even when the buyer offered enough to cover payroll for a year.
Startups
Her ethics kept her from dropping the two results that spoiled the graph, and the paper was better for it.
Science
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Found in these word lists
Found in 5 published word lists
- Academic Word List (Coxhead 2000)Authoritative
- New Academic Word List (Browne/Culligan/Phillips 2013)Authoritative
- University Word List (Xue & Nation 1984)Authoritative
- Business Word List (part 2)Authoritative
- GRE 3000+ word list (widely used study list)Recognized
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